Slade Gorton to represent GOP on redistricting panel

U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton and former state Rep. Tom Huff to serve on the Washington State Redistricting Commission.

Last month Democrats made their picks, selecting former Seattle Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis and Dean Foster, former chief of staff for Gov. Booth Gardner. A fifth, non-voting member will head the state Redistricting Commission.

The commission will have the rest of the year to draw congressional and legislative district boundaries. Washington state will get a new, 10th U.S. Congressional District after it was revealed that the state’s population grew faster than most other states during the last decade.